Abstract
We analyze the problem of the cost of sending classical information via quantum channels, when one signal state has zero cost. When the cost function is the free energy of the signal state in the presence of a thermal reservoir, the minimum cost of communication is kT ln 2 per bit.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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